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College Application
Jared Hobson

Students Are Applying To More Schools

Earlier this week, the Washington Post published an interesting article on how high school students are sending out more college applications then ever before. Part of the reasoning behind this

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College Application
Jared Hobson

Beware of Senioritis (And Junioritis Too)

Senioritis…. Symptoms include laziness, lack of motivation, procrastination, skipping class and a general lack of caring. Outcomes may be a drop in academic performance, a dismal final transcript and revocation

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College Admissions
Jared Hobson

Wait List Not Hardest Admission Part

As a follow up to yesterday’s article by Jacques Steinberg explaining why colleges resort to a long waiting list, the New York Times published an op-ed piece by a graduating

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College Admissions
Jared Hobson

College Accommodations for Students

Yesterday, we reviewed the differences in between the protections of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA at the K-12 level and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or Section 504, and the

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